Hi, I’m Mitty

A Mandarin teacher from Taiwan who’d love to help you speak Chinese with confidence.

Mitty, Mandarin teacher, giving a thumbs up
nice to meet you!

Your teacher, your 師父

In Chinese, 師父 shīfù is a master who teaches a craft, someone you learn from up close. That’s the kind of teacher I try to be.

I’ve taught more than 700 hours of Mandarin lessons, including at the Mandarin Training Center at National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, one of Taiwan’s best-known Chinese programs.

I’m also a product designer. That shapes how I teach: I take something that looks hard, break it into small clear pieces, and test it with real people until it works.

Mitty

What I believe about learning Chinese

Mistakes are the lesson

You’ll say things wrong. Good. I’ll show you the fix, and you’ll remember it far better than anything in a textbook.

Learn the Chinese you’ll use

We practise for your real life, whether that’s a work meeting, a landlord or a plate of night-market food.

Characters can be fun

Radicals turn characters into little pictures and stories. Once you see them, you can’t unsee them.

Take a trial lesson

30 minutes, NT$499 (about US$16). Only 5 spots a month, and the fee counts toward your first lesson pack.

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Say hi on Instagram

New lessons three times a week, and I answer DMs myself.

Follow @mandarinshifu